Embedded Design

Fischer Electronics

Gas leakage detector

A simple gas level monitoring system was installed such that
when a specific level of gas leakage was detected in the air
an alarm was sounded. Once a much higher level of gas leakage
was detected a water dousing mechanism was initiated and the
area was flooded. This was to prevent sparks of any sort occurring.

Calibrating the systems in-house was fairly simple but the installed system
was outside. Trying to ensure a full area coverage in varying wind
conditions and direction is what made this project a challenge.

The system was successfully implemented. To the best of our
knowledge there have been no explosions at this plant related
to the LPG tanks.